Former Vice President Mike Pence said that former President Trump 'let me down' on Jan. 6 and that he had hoped that he 'would come around' and recognize the violence of that day. 'I think it's one of the reasons why the country just wants a fresh start.'
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"I had actually hoped that he would come around in time, that he would see the cadre of legal advisers that he surrounded himself with led him astray, but he hasn't done so," Pence said Sunday on"I think it's one of the reasons why the country just wants a fresh start," Pence added.Pence said that in the week after Jan. 6, he was "very direct" with Trump about his experience that day and they "parted amicably and respectfully.
"But in the months that followed, [Trump] returned to that same rhetoric he was using before Jan. 6, rhetoric that continues much up to this day and that's why we've gone our separate ways," Pence said.
"We're going to decide as a family whether we offer ourself as one of them, but I think different times call for different leadership."
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